Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals the most difficult part to look in the mirror at 76
"Every day, I look in a mirror and say:" Yes, you have to suck "," said the actor and politician.
Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes real on aging. And as he sees it, facing the old old man and the changes that bring is a more difficult process for him than many others, because he has been "greeted for years like this supreme body". During a recent appearance on The Howard Stern show , Schwarzenegger explained how his body image has changed over the years and why he has trouble not blaming himself not to look the same as when he was younger. Read the rest to see what the star had to say about to say "you suck" in the mirror and to find out more about the health struggles with which he treated.
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Schwarzenegger finds that he had to accept what he looks like today.
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Schwarzenegger began bodybuilding in his adolescence and has become Bodybuilder No. 1 in the world, winning the title of Mr. Olympia seven times. His appearance of bodybuilder in many respects dictated the roles which were offered to him when he went to an acting career, with films of which Conan the Barbarian And The terminator .
Talk to Howard Stern , Schwarzenegger explained that he does not like to look at his body at the age of 76, because it is obvious to him how it has changed.
"Every day, I look in a mirror and say:" Yes, you have sucks. Look at this body. Look at these pectoral muscles which were firmly and healing and truly powerful with a striation in there. Now they're just just hanging there. I mean, what's going on here? "" He said.
The actor too reflected in aging In an interview in May with The Hollywood Reporter . "All my life, I look at the mirror and I see the best built man, and all of a sudden I see a pile of shit. It's terrible!" he said. "You get these wrinkles before your eyes. You get wrinkles under your pectorals ... It's not pleasant. But you face it."
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He thinks he has a different experience from that of people who "have never been in good shape".
Schwarzenegger shared that the attention he received for his super muscular body is what makes it so difficult to accept it that it will never be the same again. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"When you have been greeted for years like this supreme body, and you have the definition and you see the veins going down your abs, and you see veins on your chest ... and then you roll the clock 50 years And now you are there and you don't see that anymore, so it's a bit like, Wow, " Fubar Star continued. "I never thought of that when I was 30 or 40 years old, it will happen ... it always looks better than the majority of bodies, but, I mean, it sucks."
He also wondered if people who had not continued the physical form can really relate to what it is going through.
"It is also sad because as I told people, it is one thing to see you age and more and more out of shape, but most people have never been in good shape, while 'Does that mean unleashing? " Schwarzenegger said. "They have always looked at the [explanatory] body, it becomes [explanative] over time."
Bringing heart surgery was a waking up.
In 1997, Schwarzenegger has undergone heart surgery To replace a congenitually defective aortic valve, as reported by CNN. "Choosing to undergo an open heart operation when I never felt sick was the most difficult decision I have ever made," he said at the time. "I can now expect a long and healthy life with my family."
Schwarzenegger has since had Two other heart surgeries . He spoke in the Howard Stern Interview on the way the first at the age of 50 made him feel like "damaged goods".
"This is the first time that I felt a little vulnerable," said Schwarzenegger. "Where suddenly, the doctor says:" You should no longer raise this heaviness "or simply be careful, breathe when you do the exercise ... all of a sudden, there was a dialogue like That. Life is no longer the same as when I was like 30 years, 40 years that you could do Nothing And you never had to think Nothing . Now, suddenly, you have to start thinking about these things - to warm up, warm up. ""
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He always feels young inside, however.
Although looking in the mirror is unpleasant for Schwarzenegger today, he said that he was still taking the years that passed in stride.
"But I'm upset about it? No, because I can't do anything about it," he said. "I have the impression that these challenges appear to me, I take them, because it is the only choice we have."
He added: "The main thing is: I am 76 years old. I am full of energy. I am full of enthusiasm. I am as enthusiastic and as excited as I was when I was 30 years old. I always see the Mountains in front of me to be climbed, and therefore as long as I see these mountains, I keep my enthusiasm and keep my excitement and this fire in my belly to continue climbing and climbing and climbing, and that's what 'it's about. "
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